need advice with graphic/gaming issue

[techheadwannabe]

My son purchased a new emachines T3116 computer. It comes with 3G Unichrome Pro 3D graphics. He plays Condition Zero on the internet but encounters glitches when playing. He's on a wireless router. He only gets about 12 fps when in heavy combat situations. What's the word on Unichrome Pro... any other graphics card that would be better suited? Could it be an internet issue... wireless? Or graphics card issue? Computer specs are as follows: AMD Sempron 3300+ Processor, (2.0 GHz) 512 MB Memory, an AGP slot is available. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[dzee]

You need a graphics card! the one you have is onboard graphics im surprised he even gets 12fps lol

look around at a AGP graphics card, it will depend on your budget to what you want to get.

[techheadwannabe]

Thanx for responding. I'm confused. Isn't the Unichrome Pro 3D a built-in graphics card? Why do I need another one? My other computer came with 3D Intel Extreme Graphics AGP and Condition Zero runs great on that. Sorry, I'm a novice in the grahic card / gaming department.

[SoloCamo]

Hi and Welcome To TechIMO!

While your emachines supposebly came with a graphics card, it's onboard, which means built into the motherboard.

These generally play game's at horrible level's. The one in your comp upon research seems to be no better.

If the game is not running smoothly, it's because you need a true graphics card, a seperate one for the agp slot that is.

What resolution and settings are you running the games on?